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Erratic Rock State Natural Site

McMinnville, OR

The largest glacial erratic (rock of different type than local rock, transported to current site by glacier or ice floe in a large, glacier-dammed lake) in the Willamette Valley in western Oregon. So out-of-place on a hilltop near McMinnville that it was granted its own state park. With a picnic table. The approx. 5m long by 2m high rock is reached via a path thru a vineyard. Great views of the Cascade Mountains from the rock (on a clear day). On our visit, it even came with a cuddling young couple for scale.
Erratic Rock State Natural Site
Erratic Rock State Natural Site
Erratic Rock State Natural Site
Erratic Rock State Natural Site
Erratic Rock State Natural Site
Erratic Rock State Natural Site
Erratic Rock State Natural Site
Erratic Rock State Natural Site
Erratic Rock State Natural Site
Erratic Rock State Natural Site
Erratic Rock State Natural Site
Erratic Rock State Natural Site
Erratic Rock State Natural Site
Erratic Rock State Natural Site